Rural Snapshot: Pa. Public School Teachers

This snapshot focuses on teachers in Pennsylvania public school districts, as defined by the Pennsylvania Department of Education. "Rural" and "urban" are based on the Center's definition of rural and urban school districts, which is based on population density in the districts. All data are from the 2013 to 2021 summary reports of the Pennsylvania Department of Education.

Other statistics in this research show a slight increase in the average public school teacher salary from 2013 to 2021.

The research also showed that of the 5,410 teachers who left their teaching positions in Pennsylvania in 2020, 56 percent spent less than 20 years teaching, while 44 percent spent more than 20 years teaching.